Day: March 15, 2011

Yesterday’s recording was a mess. First we couldn’t find a time that worked for Awards Daily ‘s Sasha Stone, Boxoffice.com‘s Phil Contrino and myself. Then the usual recording software didn’t work due to a Skype upgrade. And I forgot to bring my headphones to Austin so I was speaking from my cell as I walked down 6th and Congress and Lamar, etc. We discussed South by Southwest attractions and how some people wait until their 70s or 80s to announce that they’re gay or like to cross-dress. Here’s a non-iTunes, stand-alone link.

We all get things wrong, and we all have our pet ways of acknowledging error. Whenever I’ve screwed up over the last 30 years or so I’ve been saying “I made a mistake” the way Michael Caine says it in this scene from Get Carter (’71). The other Caine/Carter line I do reasonably well is “I would like…to stroke you.” I’m nowhere near Coogan and Brydon, of course, but who is?

The Win Win guys — director-cowriter Tom McCarthy, Alex Shafer, Amy Ryan, Paul Giamatti, co-writer Joe Tiboni — took a bow after last night’s SXSW showing at the Paramount. Here, again, is my all-but-entirely positive 1.22 Sundance review. SXSW publicist Rebecca Feferman is at left in the red sweater. It opens on 3.18.

The other day Marshall Fine called Win Win “a delight…a movie that’s smart and emotionally honest about juggling the problems life sends you. It’s already at the top of my list as one of the year’s best.”

I ignored Rob Yulfo‘s 127 Hours Road Runner cartoon when it appeared two or three days ago because it’s way too late in the cycle. But when The Hollywood Reporter‘s Borys Kit linked to this, he got it wrong in the sub-copy by writing “beep beep.” The sound made by this legendary Chuck Jones creation is “meep meep.” Listen to it again — the “b” consonant has never been there.

I purposely never saw The Switch because of the mostly negative buzz, but this deleted scene, taken from the extras menu on the just-out DVD/Bluray, is rather well-written. (The script is by Allen Loeb.) And Todd Louiso, as always, is perfect.